bga_1028767 - AMBIANI (Area of Amiens) Bronze composite, revers du type de Chilly
200.00 €(Approx. 234.00$ | 172.00£)
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Type : Bronze composite, revers du type de Chilly
Date: Ier siècle avant J.-C.
Mint name / Town : Amiens (80)
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 16,5 mm
Weight : 2,71 g.
Rarity : UNIQUE
Coments on the condition:
Flan un peu court et ovale avec une patine sombre et granuleuse. Revers assez net, mais avers plus confus
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Type composite, avec une ronde de chevaux ou d’animaux indéterminés (?).
Reverse
Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Reverse description : Cheval à droite, la longue queue à trois brins ; sur la croupe, un aurige agenouillé et un motif tournoyant entre les jambes.
Commentary
Ce bronze semble s’intégrer dans la série 53 des “Types divers et composites”... Si le droit est difficile à interpréter, le revers semble clairement inspiré du bronze précédent du type de Chilly !
Il est intéressant de noter la présence d’un motif tournoyant entre les jambes du cheval comme sur la drachme prototype (cf. CV55, n° 535).
This bronze seems to fit into series 53 of “Diverse and composite types”... If the right is difficult to interpret, the reverse seems clearly inspired by the previous bronze of the Chilly type! It is interesting to note the presence of a swirling motif between the legs of the horse as on the prototype drachma (cf. CV55, n° 535)
Il est intéressant de noter la présence d’un motif tournoyant entre les jambes du cheval comme sur la drachme prototype (cf. CV55, n° 535).
This bronze seems to fit into series 53 of “Diverse and composite types”... If the right is difficult to interpret, the reverse seems clearly inspired by the previous bronze of the Chilly type! It is interesting to note the presence of a swirling motif between the legs of the horse as on the prototype drachma (cf. CV55, n° 535)
Historical background
AMBIANI (Area of Amiens)
(2nd - 1st century BC)
Their name, "those who are on both sides of the river", indicates that the Ambiens, people of Belgian Gaul, occupied both banks of the Somme (Samara). Their territory corresponds to the current department of the Somme. Their neighbors were the Calètes, the Morins, the Atrébates, the Bellovaques. Their main oppidum was Samarobriva (near Amiens). They participated in the coalition of the Belgian peoples in 57 BC and provided a contingent of ten thousand men. In 52 BC, it was a contingent of five thousand men that they gave for the relief army dedicated to clearing Alesia. Caesar (BG. II, 4, 15; VII, 75; VIII, 7). Strabo (G. IV, 5). Kruta: 68, 110, 366.
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